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Scott W. Miller — 82 Patents

Apple: 78 patents #286 of 18,612Top 2%
SMSpears Manufacturing: 1 patents #6 of 15Top 40%
TCThe Coleman Company: 1 patents #190 of 327Top 60%
Los Gatos, CA: #58 of 2,986 inventorsTop 2%
California: #3,304 of 386,348 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #21,533 of 4,157,543Top 1%
82 Patents All Time
Scott W. Miller has been granted 82 US patents while listed as an inventor at Apple. The first was granted in 2001 and the most recent in September 2025. Scott W. Miller ranks #21,533 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.52%). Patent records list Scott W. Miller in Los Gatos, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2001 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 15 patents in 2023.peak 152001: 1 patents20012005: 1 patents2006: 1 patents20062013: 1 patents2016: 1 patents20162017: 10 patents2018: 2 patents20182019: 7 patents2020: 4 patents20202021: 11 patents2022: 8 patents20222023: 15 patents2024: 12 patents20242025: 8 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 26–50 of 82 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
11726343 Folded optics camera actuator and suspension arrangement Alfred N. Mireault, Jason T. Weaver 2023-08-15 $190,320,000
11722774 Mobile zoom using multiple optical image stabilization cameras Shashank Sharma, Aurelien R. Hubert 2023-08-08 $174,735,000
11716534 Additive coil structure for voice coil motor actuator Douglas S. Brodie, Aurelien R. Hubert, Shashank Sharma 2023-08-01 $216,194,000
11709347 Folded camera with autofocus and optical image stabilization systems Douglas S. Brodie, Nicholas D. Smyth 2023-07-25 $302,876,000
11681158 Damper arrangement for actuator damping Nicholas D. Smyth, Hao Zheng, Shujun Tang, Zachary W. Birnbaum 2023-06-20 $341,239,000
11614597 Camera actuator for lens and sensor shifting Shashank Sharma, Douglas S. Brodie 2023-03-28 $286,377,000
11614674 Camera with folded optics Alfred N. Mireault 2023-03-28 $286,377,000
11595582 Dynamic flex circuit for camera with moveable image sensor Nicholas D. Smyth, Jian Ouyang, Samuel M. Hyatt, Martin J. Auclair, Phillip R. Sommer 2023-02-28 $171,651,000
11582388 Optical image stabilization with voice coil motor for moving image sensor Aurelien R. Hubert, Qiang Yang, Douglas S. Brodie, Shashank Sharma 2023-02-14 $222,931,000
11579461 Perimeter sheet spring suspension arrangement for camera Alfred N. Mireault 2023-02-14 $222,931,000
11516394 Multiple layer flexure for supporting a moving image sensor Brad V. Johnson, Hao Zheng 2022-11-29 $175,082,000
11381747 Dual camera magnet arrangement Alfred N. Mireault, Simon S. Lee 2022-07-05 $213,612,000
11378813 Camera actuator with magnet holder having magnetic field Steven Webster, Shashank Sharma 2022-07-05 $213,612,000
11375091 Camera with folded optics and bearing suspension Alfred N. Mireault, Nicholas D. Smyth 2022-06-28 $172,717,000
11272082 Multi-camera mounting chassis Brian A. Argyres, Lindsay M. Alanen, Matthew D. Hill, Nicholas D. Smyth, Shujun Tang 2022-03-08 $181,377,000
11243455 Camera with folded optics Alfred N. Mireault 2022-02-08 $447,997,000
11223765 Dynamic flex circuit for camera with moveable image sensor Nicholas D. Smyth, Jian Ouyang 2022-01-11 $343,893,000
11223766 Camera with image sensor shifting Shashank Sharma 2022-01-11 $343,893,000
11140321 Increasing sensitivity of a probe sensor for lens position Nicholas D. Smyth 2021-10-05 $251,870,000
11119333 Damper arrangement for actuator damping Nicholas D. Smyth, Hao Zheng, Shujun Tang, Zachary W. Birnbaum 2021-09-14 $182,808,000
11102416 Mobile zoom using multiple optical image stabilization cameras Shashank Sharma, Aurelien R. Hubert 2021-08-24 $193,607,000
11092773 Folded camera with actuator for moving optics Nicholas D. Smyth, Alfred N. Mireault, Shashank Sharma 2021-08-17 $294,809,000
11082602 Additive coil structure for voice coil motor actuator Douglas S. Brodie, Aurelien R. Hubert, Shashank Sharma 2021-08-03 $263,472,000
11057564 Multiple layer flexure for supporting a moving image sensor Brad V. Johnson, Hao Zheng 2021-07-06 $305,052,000
11019266 Blunting optical suspension springs for particle reduction Zachary W. Birnbaum 2021-05-25 $283,400,000